War in Ukraine: ‘We knew that if we stayed, we would probably not survive’Olena Biletska (52) fled Mariupol on March 15th with her mother and two childrenFri Apr 8 2022 - 01:00
Putin says he wants to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine. Is there any truth behind these claims?Accusations focus on the Azov Regiment, an extreme right-wing group, but it represents less than 2% of Ukraine’s armed forcesSat Apr 2 2022 - 05:01
Train tracks leading refugees to Lviv brought Jews to extermination camps 80 years agoBarbaric 20th-century anti-Semitism, genocide and relocation hang over Russian invasionMon Mar 28 2022 - 01:00
Ukraine sinks Russian ship amid claims Moscow deporting civiliansRussians seek to lure besieged residents of bombarded Mariupol on to buses for RostovThu Mar 24 2022 - 21:12
US says up to 10% of Russia’s forces lost as bombardment of Ukrainian cities continuesRussian troops face fierce resistance as Zelenskiy says 100,000 remain in MariupolThu Mar 24 2022 - 05:50
Kyiv pastor: ‘When I see children’s toys in the ruins, I just want to kill Putin’Pastor records video blog ‘to show Russia’s war crimes’Wed Mar 23 2022 - 15:00
Mariupol like ‘Armageddon’, says Zelenskiy, as Russia steps up assaultUN secretary general says war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for RussiaTue Mar 22 2022 - 21:08
What are Russia’s designs on the two nuclear power plants it has seized?The facilities were ‘not built to withstand acts of war’, says Ukrainian nuclear physicistMon Mar 21 2022 - 20:00
Ukrainian defiance: ‘The war must end on Russian territory’Former finance minister believes Russia’s negotiating position grows weaker by the daySun Mar 20 2022 - 20:00
School of resistance: Lviv citizens train for combat against Russian forcesNail artists and software engineers among those signing up for weapons trainingSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:01
‘I have lost my identity twice’, first Crimea, now KyivWar has not prevented couple imagining a life beyond limbo in which they find themselvesThu Mar 17 2022 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: Ukraine war creates dramatic schism in Orthodox church‘I want us to leave the Moscow church. It is over,’ head of Lviv monastery saysTue Mar 15 2022 - 20:00
Can Ukraine triumph over the Russian Goliath?Russia deploying tactical strategy refined in Syria with devastating effect, say expertsMon Mar 14 2022 - 19:30
The battle to defend Ukraine's south: ‘Thousands of our people have died, not including civilians’An officer’s tale of hope and bloodshed from Ukraine’s embattled coastlineSun Mar 13 2022 - 20:00
Scenes of sorrow, fear and courage at Ukraine’s main refugee hub‘I am not going back to Kyiv because I don’t want to hide in the basement’Sat Mar 12 2022 - 01:00
Death in Ukraine: ‘It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward’Journalist Viktor Dudar could have worked as a military spokesman from the safety of an office, but he wanted to fight invading RussiansFri Mar 11 2022 - 06:00
Lviv’s cultural treasures threatened by Russian onslaughtUkrainian authorities in race against time to protect cultural heritage from destructionThu Mar 10 2022 - 17:00
‘We are through the worst of it’: Irish student on way to border after rescue from Ukrainian cityRacheal Diyaolu is travelling to Moldova in two-van convoy driven by Scottish duoMon Mar 7 2022 - 21:39
‘I am calm now, knowing they are safe’: Ukrainian family sundered by war‘I never thought there would be another war in Ukraine. I cannot comprehend it’Mon Mar 7 2022 - 20:00
Vigilant Lviv on high alert with Russian losses scored on cafe windowsLviv Letter: West Ukrainian hub looks out for Moscow agents amid patriotism and prayersMon Mar 7 2022 - 01:00
Zelenskiy’s foreign legion: ‘If I don’t do it, who will do it?’Idealism propels young men from safe countries to fight in defence of UkraineSat Mar 5 2022 - 01:00
‘Putin is Ivan the Terrible’s reincarnation’: The historical roots of the war in UkrainePolish professor traces cause of current Russian invasion back to the 16th centuryThu Mar 3 2022 - 20:00
‘This is from the bottom of my heart’: Polish volunteers line up to help Ukrainian refugeesPoles prepare food, offer their homes and provide transport to fleeing familiesWed Mar 2 2022 - 20:00
‘Vladimir Putin is a very selfish man,’ says a medical student on fleeing UkraineMany African students study in Ukraine, and their flight from the country has been particularly traumaticTue Mar 1 2022 - 21:00
Lara Marlowe: Good humour and anxiety with Ukrainian expats driving home to warFour men are among many others bravely undertaking a patriotic trek into dangerMon Feb 28 2022 - 21:47
Lara Marlowe: Negotiations masked Putin’s plan to invade UkraineNear impunity over previous incursions emboldened Russian leaderThu Feb 24 2022 - 21:25
EU to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia as leaders meetBoris Johnson promises decisive response to Putin’s choice of ‘bloodshed and destruction’Thu Feb 24 2022 - 09:34
Moscow’s tried and tested Georgia strategy now tailored for UkraineWestern powers appear unable to thwart Putin’s strategy to reassert Russian influenceWed Feb 23 2022 - 17:00
Académie Française sounds alarm about the increasing use of EnglishParis Letter: ‘The invasion of Anglo-American subjects our language to mortal peril’Mon Feb 21 2022 - 20:45
Meeting of minds – Lara Marlowe on an Irish visit to a French vocational training schoolAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun Feb 20 2022 - 19:15
Macron bridles at suggestion departure from Mali signifies failureDeterioration of France’s relations with Mali’s rulers is main reason for pull-outThu Feb 17 2022 - 19:54
Far-right turn sends Pécresse’s presidential campaign into a tailspinFrench conservative candidate ‘crossed Rubicon’ with reference to ‘great replacement’Tue Feb 15 2022 - 20:21
Trial of alleged accomplices in jihadist slaying of priest opens in ParisWitnesses include man (92) who survived stabbing and throat-slashing in same attackMon Feb 14 2022 - 19:41
Only surviving Paris attacker pleads for mercy at trialAbdeslam seeks leniency for not detonating suicide vest in terrorism acts that killed 131Thu Feb 10 2022 - 19:30
Macron diplomatic move on Moscow appears to stall imminent threatDespite widespread mockery French president masterfully extracts ‘dual commitment’Wed Feb 9 2022 - 20:00
Mixed messages from Paris and Moscow on Ukraine talks appear to suit PutinFrench president reiterates Putin told him he had no intention of escalating conflictTue Feb 8 2022 - 20:00
‘A Nation Under the Influence’ – Lara Marlowe on Joyce-inspired events in ParisAn Irishwoman’s DiarySun Feb 6 2022 - 19:01
Macron urges ‘respect’ for Russia as he tries to defuse Ukraine crisisFrench president does not see invasion of Ukraine as imminent as he visits Moscow and KyivSun Feb 6 2022 - 19:00
Joyces embodied ‘open-minded, tolerant, curious cosmopolitanism’Irish Cultural Centre in Paris celebrates 100th anniversary of publication of UlyssesWed Feb 2 2022 - 21:36
‘Popular primary’ does nothing to mitigate shambles on French leftPoll intended to whittle down number of left and Green candidates in presidential raceMon Jan 31 2022 - 19:00
Macron takes on role of peacemaker in Ukraine crisisFrench president spoke to Vladimir Putin for over an hour in bid to de-escalate tensionsFri Jan 28 2022 - 18:00
Macron and Putin to continue with round-table Ukraine talksRepresentatives of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to reconvene crisis talks on FridayThu Jan 27 2022 - 19:30
Macron plans diplomatic phone call with Putin to calm Ukrainian crisis‘Path of de-escalation’ to be proposed by French president as fears of war worsenTue Jan 25 2022 - 20:00
Emmanuel Macron’s new vision of Europe begins to take shapeDespite criticism French president shares large EU states’ desire to form world powerThu Jan 20 2022 - 18:00
French intellectuals engage in a new culture war over wokeismParis Letter: Establishment wants no part of ‘social science theories imported from US’Thu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Finding Marcel Proust: Paris marks centenary of the writer’s deathAn exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet places Proust in his Belle Époque milieuWed Jan 19 2022 - 05:00
The ‘French Trump’, Eric Zemmour, receives third conviction for hate speechExtreme right-wing presidential candidate fined €10,000 for tirade against migrantsMon Jan 17 2022 - 19:00
Europe key to solving Ukraine crisis, say Macron and von der LeyenRussian and US diplomats to begin talks on the conflict on Monday, without the EUFri Jan 7 2022 - 18:39
Macron upstages himself ahead of European Commission visit to ParisFrench president’s use of vulgar verb in relation to unvaccinated sparks controversyThu Jan 6 2022 - 18:00
France ushers in 2022 with right-wing outrage over EU flagFrance’s lurch to the right is the biggest challenge to Macron’s re-election hopesSun Jan 2 2022 - 18:00
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